Learning Support

The Center for Academic Excellence’s Academic and Peer Mentoring programs support students’ social and academic transitions to UW-Madison. Taking a holistic approach, these programs connect CAE students to each other and to experienced UW-Madison students. These relationships are used as a source of mutual learning to help CAE students be proactive in reaching their goals. This holistic approach helps students in CAE successfully transition to UW-Madison and achieve their academic goals.

CAE Academic Mentoring provides academic support to all CAE students with small groups called Peer Learning, as well as with One-on-One Academic Mentoring in courses not supported by other campus tutoring resources. CAE Academic Mentoring helps students proactively navigate learning in higher education by:

Assist and mentor the social, personal, and academic transition of first-year students to UW-Madison by pairing them with outstanding sophomores, juniors, and seniors.

Introduce first-year students to a diverse set of skills and strategies to find a sense of self on campus.

Provide a place where students can ask questions, get connected, and find the tools to successfully navigate college.

Develop our students as leaders and mentors by providing them with opportunities to participate in leadership conferences and workshops, lead and facilitate programming, and mentor first-year students.